What does the appointment of Steven Chu as Secretary of Energy and his subsequent policy efforts demonstrate?
A) Politicization can help advance an agency's mandate and bureaucratic initiative.
B) Politicization exacerbates the problems of agency drift and slack.
C) Politicization efforts by presidents are never scrutinized or challenged by Congress.
D) Politicization can be a cause for the removal of a political appointee.
A
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A) freedom of press. B) freedom of religion. C) writ of habeas corpus. D) tyranny of the majority. E) right of privacy.
A __________ is a tactic used to inform the leadership that a senator may have objections to a bill
a. cloture b. hold c. markup d. pocket veto
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a. The president could serve no more than two 4-year terms. b. The president could only be removed from office through an impeachment and removal process. c. The office of chief executive would be vested in one person. d. The president would have the power of the veto. e. The president was not required to appoint an advisory council.
At the end of World War II, the victorious nations agreed to establish the
A) United Nations. B) League of Nations. C) System of Idealism. D) Monroe Doctrine. E) World Trade Organization.